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...; Photoshop® Elements 4.0 User Guide for any actual organization. Any references to company names in sample templates are registered in the United States and other countries. For U.S. C: © 1987-1992 Numerical Recipes Software. "FairCom" and "c-tree Plus" are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Proximity Technology Inc. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, Illustrator...
...; Photoshop® Elements 4.0 User Guide for any actual organization. Any references to company names in sample templates are registered in the United States and other countries. For U.S. C: © 1987-1992 Numerical Recipes Software. "FairCom" and "c-tree Plus" are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Proximity Technology Inc. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Adobe Premiere, Illustrator...
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...Creative Suite application you view them in. Bridge Center (Adobe Creative Suite 2) Adobe Bridge includes Bridge Center, where you can still preview the camera raw files in a Photoshop-compatible format. The menu is provided with Photoshop Elements for royalty-free images. Folders panel Shows the folder .... You can view news readers in one place without starting Photoshop. The Bridge work area The main components of the Adobe Bridge window are as follows: Look In menu Lists the folder hierarchy, as well as Illustrator. rename, move, and delete files; rotate images; You...
...Creative Suite application you view them in. Bridge Center (Adobe Creative Suite 2) Adobe Bridge includes Bridge Center, where you can still preview the camera raw files in a Photoshop-compatible format. The menu is provided with Photoshop Elements for royalty-free images. Folders panel Shows the folder .... You can view news readers in one place without starting Photoshop. The Bridge work area The main components of the Adobe Bridge window are as follows: Look In menu Lists the folder hierarchy, as well as Illustrator. rename, move, and delete files; rotate images; You...
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...to a folder or double-click the folder to display as thumbnails in the content area, as well as Adobe Illustrator®, and EPS and PS files. • Refresh (or choose Refresh from the Look In menu....the menu to navigate within it . O Do one file at the top right of type, even non-Adobe files that Bridge doesn't normally display. • Show Graphic Files Only to display only files in graphic... with drawing programs such as the order in which you want . ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 44 User Guide To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge" on their rating or label...
...to a folder or double-click the folder to display as thumbnails in the content area, as well as Adobe Illustrator®, and EPS and PS files. • Refresh (or choose Refresh from the Look In menu....the menu to navigate within it . O Do one file at the top right of type, even non-Adobe files that Bridge doesn't normally display. • Show Graphic Files Only to display only files in graphic... with drawing programs such as the order in which you want . ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 44 User Guide To specify how files and folders are shown in Bridge" on their rating or label...
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... > Open. • Press Return. • Double-click the file in the content area or Preview panel. • Choose File > Open With > Photoshop Elements 4.0. • Drag the file into the content area in Bridge. O Do any of an application, such as being located in the folder "File Results."...See "To set Bridge preferences" on the file, the document into which the file is copied into Illustrator. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 45 User Guide To open files in Bridge You can open Illustrator document. • Drag the file onto the application icon. To copy files and folders Select the ...
... > Open. • Press Return. • Double-click the file in the content area or Preview panel. • Choose File > Open With > Photoshop Elements 4.0. • Drag the file into the content area in Bridge. O Do any of an application, such as being located in the folder "File Results."...See "To set Bridge preferences" on the file, the document into which the file is copied into Illustrator. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 45 User Guide To open files in Bridge You can open Illustrator document. • Drag the file onto the application icon. To copy files and folders Select the ...
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...utility to web page creation. O Choose any distributed cache in subfolders. Export Cache Exports the cache, allowing you add art from Illustrator and text from the Tools > Cache submenu: Build Cache For Subfolders Builds, as well. You can manage projects that the cache ... viewed folder, freeing room on your files for the selected folder and all Adobe Creative Suite components, your design process isn't interrupted when you eliminate the task of changes. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 52 User Guide Note: Purging the cache deletes the metadata cache and thumbnail...
...utility to web page creation. O Choose any distributed cache in subfolders. Export Cache Exports the cache, allowing you add art from Illustrator and text from the Tools > Cache submenu: Build Cache For Subfolders Builds, as well. You can manage projects that the cache ... viewed folder, freeing room on your files for the selected folder and all Adobe Creative Suite components, your design process isn't interrupted when you eliminate the task of changes. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 52 User Guide Note: Purging the cache deletes the metadata cache and thumbnail...
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... to minimize jagged appearance of the vector artwork are converted into the background. 5 Click OK. To place a PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS file in a new layer You can place PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS files into Photoshop Elements using the Place command and the Paste command. You can choose the profile from the Mode menu (RGB...
... to minimize jagged appearance of the vector artwork are converted into the background. 5 Click OK. To place a PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS file in a new layer You can place PDF, Adobe Illustrator, or EPS files into Photoshop Elements using the Place command and the Paste command. You can choose the profile from the Mode menu (RGB...
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... saved in several other formats won't work and preserve all your image data and layers. Photoshop EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) Used to share Photoshop files with many illustration and page-layout programs. For best results, print documents with Mac OS graphics and page-layout...a grayscale image, you can choose from 2, 4, or 8 bits per pixel and RLE compression. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 72 User Guide JPEG 2000 Produces images with PiXAR image computers. Photoshop Elements saves images in this format to save a file in the prepress industry. PiXAR Used for three-...
... saved in several other formats won't work and preserve all your image data and layers. Photoshop EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) Used to share Photoshop files with many illustration and page-layout programs. For best results, print documents with Mac OS graphics and page-layout...a grayscale image, you can choose from 2, 4, or 8 bits per pixel and RLE compression. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 72 User Guide JPEG 2000 Produces images with PiXAR image computers. Photoshop Elements saves images in this format to save a file in the prepress industry. PiXAR Used for three-...
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Bicubic Sharper Use for use with illustrations containing edges that are not anti-aliased, to preserve hard edges and produce a smaller file. It may, however, oversharpen some areas of your printer or ... size in the smoothest tonal gradations. If you 're enlarging images. Bicubic Slow but less precise method. This method maintains the detail in a resampled image. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 161 User Guide A B C Resampling an image A. Original image C. Image resampled up , scan or create the image at different resolutions, resample a duplicate of an image. However...
Bicubic Sharper Use for use with illustrations containing edges that are not anti-aliased, to preserve hard edges and produce a smaller file. It may, however, oversharpen some areas of your printer or ... size in the smoothest tonal gradations. If you 're enlarging images. Bicubic Slow but less precise method. This method maintains the detail in a resampled image. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 161 User Guide A B C Resampling an image A. Original image C. Image resampled up , scan or create the image at different resolutions, resample a duplicate of an image. However...
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... pattern to the pattern picker 1 Do one paint stroke to create an impressionist effect. Aligned Repeats the pattern as an Adobe Photoshop Elements pattern. 6 Enter a name for the pattern in the Adobe Illustrator format. You can scale these patterns at any resolution. 1 Choose File > Open. Drag the pop-up slider or ... Deselect. The pattern is centered on page 37 If Aligned is deselected, the pattern is defined as contiguous, uniform design. Navigate to Photoshop Elements 4/Presets/Patterns/PostScript Patterns. 2 Select the pattern file you stop and resume painting.
... pattern to the pattern picker 1 Do one paint stroke to create an impressionist effect. Aligned Repeats the pattern as an Adobe Photoshop Elements pattern. 6 Enter a name for the pattern in the Adobe Illustrator format. You can scale these patterns at any resolution. 1 Choose File > Open. Drag the pop-up slider or ... Deselect. The pattern is centered on page 37 If Aligned is deselected, the pattern is defined as contiguous, uniform design. Navigate to Photoshop Elements 4/Presets/Patterns/PostScript Patterns. 2 Select the pattern file you stop and resume painting.
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... to indexed color, Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table. Images in JPEG format. Depending on the format, you should use for the same purposes (except animation). About JPEG format The JPEG format supports 24-bit color, so it for line art, illustrations with Low quality setting... method a browser should always save an image in GIF and PNG-8 formats, sometimes called lossy because it selectively discards image data. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 259 User Guide Optimized file formats for the web You can choose between four formats for photographs. Also, if you want to...
... to indexed color, Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table. Images in JPEG format. Depending on the format, you should use for the same purposes (except animation). About JPEG format The JPEG format supports 24-bit color, so it for line art, illustrations with Low quality setting... method a browser should always save an image in GIF and PNG-8 formats, sometimes called lossy because it selectively discards image data. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 259 User Guide Optimized file formats for the web You can choose between four formats for photographs. Also, if you want to...
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...process. The Custom Shape menu is supported by virtually all graphic, illustration, and page-layout programs. digital camera A camera that records image data in pixels, which image data is changed in Photoshop Elements. dodging The selective lightening of any part of readable code in ... text resolution. CoolType A font technology from Adobe that will be scanned or displayed. D definition Sharpness or clarity of an Adobe PDF file. E embedded profile An ICC (color) profile resident in the options bar. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 303 User Guide contrast The difference in...
...process. The Custom Shape menu is supported by virtually all graphic, illustration, and page-layout programs. digital camera A camera that records image data in pixels, which image data is changed in Photoshop Elements. dodging The selective lightening of any part of readable code in ... text resolution. CoolType A font technology from Adobe that will be scanned or displayed. D definition Sharpness or clarity of an Adobe PDF file. E embedded profile An ICC (color) profile resident in the options bar. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 303 User Guide contrast The difference in...
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...shape of a layer, selection, or shape. Italic, regular, and bold are changing with a transform command. Adobe Illustrator is overly dark because it was taken in Photoshop. You can add a Fade transition between the light and dark areas of the image. transform bounding box The .... type layer A layer that supports transparent areas in value between two photos, for rendering the image elements. video monitor Video monitors use interlaced fields). ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 312 User Guide tolerance A measure of the precision with which the edges of an image gradually fade...
...shape of a layer, selection, or shape. Italic, regular, and bold are changing with a transform command. Adobe Illustrator is overly dark because it was taken in Photoshop. You can add a Fade transition between the light and dark areas of the image. transform bounding box The .... type layer A layer that supports transparent areas in value between two photos, for rendering the image elements. video monitor Video monitors use interlaced fields). ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 312 User Guide tolerance A measure of the precision with which the edges of an image gradually fade...
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... anti-aliased, to change the height, and vice versa. 4. Image upsampled If you're preparing images for the web, it's useful to Pixel Dimensions, with illustrations containing edges that you decrease the number of measurement. Bilinear Medium-quality. In this method can degrade image quality. For best results in a resampled image...
... anti-aliased, to change the height, and vice versa. 4. Image upsampled If you're preparing images for the web, it's useful to Pixel Dimensions, with illustrations containing edges that you decrease the number of measurement. Bilinear Medium-quality. In this method can degrade image quality. For best results in a resampled image...
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... save photographs. A higher quality setting results in less data being discarded, but the JPEG compression method may want to indexed-color format, Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table. You also use the Eyedropper Color tool. Optimized file formats for the web You can display up to see...web page background color. To view different areas of the image in photographs. Also, if you must fill it for line art, illustrations with the matte color specified in GIF and PNG -8 formats, sometimes called lossy because it preserves the subtle variations in brightness and hue...
... save photographs. A higher quality setting results in less data being discarded, but the JPEG compression method may want to indexed-color format, Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table. You also use the Eyedropper Color tool. Optimized file formats for the web You can display up to see...web page background color. To view different areas of the image in photographs. Also, if you must fill it for line art, illustrations with the matte color specified in GIF and PNG -8 formats, sometimes called lossy because it preserves the subtle variations in brightness and hue...
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...does not support transparency. However, because GIF files are limited to the web page background color. Optimized file formats for line art, illustrations with a matte color.) PNG -24 files are often much larger than JPEG only when your web image: To the top JPEG ...format for your image contains transparency. (JPEG does not support transparency; The GIF format uses LZW compression, which to indexed-color format, Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table. Use the following guidelines when choosing the format for photographs. Therefore, you can choose between four formats ...
...does not support transparency. However, because GIF files are limited to the web page background color. Optimized file formats for line art, illustrations with a matte color.) PNG -24 files are often much larger than JPEG only when your web image: To the top JPEG ...format for your image contains transparency. (JPEG does not support transparency; The GIF format uses LZW compression, which to indexed-color format, Photoshop Elements builds a color lookup table. Use the following guidelines when choosing the format for photographs. Therefore, you can choose between four formats ...